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Is the UK right to roll out the red carpet for Trump? Take our poll and have your say

Donald Trump is set to return to the UK tomorrow for an unprecedented second state visit - but should we really be rolling out the red carpet? With controversy never far behind, his impending trip is already dividing opinion - and we want to know what you think

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Starmer: I would not have appointed Mandelson ‘had I known then what I know now’

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UK summons Russian ambassador after ‘unprecedented violation’ of Nato airspace

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Keir Starmer will be ousted as Labour leader unless he 'changes course immediately', MPs warn

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Sitting MP Danny Kruger quits Tories for Reform UK

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Future of Alexander Dennis secured by furlough investment, says Swinney

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'The Conservative Party is over': Tory MP defects to Reform in huge blow to Kemi Badenoch

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Scottish Government provides £4m furlough scheme to keep Alexander Dennis open

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Minister refuses to give ‘details’ as migrant returns to France due to start

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